# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Ecolab Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021798` · 2/27/2024 · JOLIET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** Ecolab Inc.
- **Location:** 3001 Channahon Rd., JOLIET, ILLINOIS, 60436
- **NAICS:** 325611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was traveling forward on a stand-up electric forklift. As the employee passed through a forklift door and attempted to make a right turn and the rear of the vehicle fishtailed into a pallet rack, resulting in a laceration to his left little finger and injuries to his left ring and middle fingers.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*